Portunus
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Portunus trituberculatus
Translingual
Etymology
After Latin Portunus (Portunes, Portumnes), the Roman god of harbors and ports.
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Proper noun
Portunus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – certain swimming crabs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Portuninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Portunus pelagicus (flower crab) - type species; Portunus anceps, Portunus sanguinolentus (three-spot swimming crab, blood-spotted swimming crab, red-spotted swimming crab), Portunus sayi (sargassum swimming crab), Portunus segnis (African blue swimming crab), Portunus trituberculatus (gazami crab), Portunus ventralis - selected other species; for other species see
Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Portunus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portunus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Portunus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Portunus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Portunus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Portunus at World Register of Marine Species
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From an unattested adjectival form of portus seen in opportūnus and importūnus. Ultimately from portus (“port, harbour”) + -nus (see -īnus). Compare lacūna.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /porˈtuː.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /porˈtu.nus/,
Proper noun
Portūnus m sg (genitive Portūnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Portūnus |
| Genitive | Portūnī |
| Dative | Portūnō |
| Accusative | Portūnum |
| Ablative | Portūnō |
| Vocative | Portūne |
Derived terms
References
- “Portunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Portunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.